Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

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Jan Payne

* 1953

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, Scientist

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pazdera Payne, Prague, the end of 1980s

Petr Pazdera Payne

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Charter 77 signatory, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiřina Pěčová, 1977

Jiřina Pěčová

* 1940

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Pejša

* 1955

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Květa with her daughter also Květa, 1953

Květa Pelantová

* 1927 †︎ unknown

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Oldřich Pelčák wearing a spacesuit

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Oldřich Pelčák

* 1943

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Peringer at the infirmary of the military detachment in Klatovy, where he served as a medic, 1981

František Peringer

* 1955

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Pešatová as a child

Anna Pešatová

* 1937

Member of an Illegal Church, Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 7 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Sonja Pešatová-Vacková

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Karel Peterka in 1970s

Karel Peterka

* 1948

Border Guards, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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